Tottenham want police protection for their fans on the night before their Europa League tie against Inter Milan in Italy on March 14.

The club are seeking an agreement with Milan authorities after anti-Semitic attacks on their fans in Rome and Lyon this season.

UEFA have pledged to appoint a security officer for the last-16 second-leg tie but Europe’s governing body deal only with matters in and around the ground. Security officers are regularly recruited by UEFA for matches where there is potential for trouble.

The club have a large Jewish fanbase and three supporters suffered “minor injuries” in Lyon last week when up to 50 masked thugs attacked the Smoking Dog pub.

It was packed with Spurs supporters on the eve of the second-leg clash with Lyon. Eyewitnesses said the attackers made Nazi salutes as they smashed doors and threw cast-iron chairs, wooden objects and a flare in to the pub.

Last November, Ashley Mills was stabbed in the groin and hit over the head and another nine fans were hurt when yobs again chanting anti-Semitic slogans ambushed the Drunken Ship pub in Rome on the eve of their game against Lazio.